Record Screens & Menus

Shown here is "green" point-n-shoot mode. The menu settings are locked out
completely, (can access camera settings menu) and the 4-way pad shortcuts are scaled back. Face detection
is ON and you are shown
the number of remaining pictures (1483), the time, and the battery
level.

Auto picture
mode gives you a few menu options like resolution, image quality, and
ISO. The WG-1 will still select all other settings so you can just point and
shoot.

Program mode gives you full access to all the menu options.

Half-pressing the shutter release will allow the camera to autofocus. If in focus the active AF point
bracket will
shrink, and turn green; now you are ready to shoot.

The information display on the WG-1 is changed by pressing the OK button. Pressing over and over the information will change from no info., minimal info., and full info. with the histogram. The RED background in
the one image shows highlight areas
that are too bright.

The 4-way pad is also used as shortcut keys to frequently used options. Pressing left takes you to the Flash settings, Up goes to the drive modes, Right
are the Focus modes and down is the Mode Menu which is shown below.

The WG-1
not only offers Face Detection, it also has an auto Smile Capture
feature as well as Face Priority, and a Self-portrait Assist (with or without Smile Capture) selection that will choose specific faces over
all others in the frame. All selections shown above.

The Pentax Optio WG-1 can capture movies at 1280x720p HD, as well as the standard
640x480 and 320x240 resolutions at either 15 or 30fps. You also have the
option of using the Movie SR to help steady your hand held videos. Movies are saved as
Motion JPEG (.AVI) format.

Visitors of Steves can visit the stores below for real-time pricing and availability. You can also find hot, soon to expire online offers on a variety of cameras and accessories at our very own Camera Deals page.